Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Lissagallan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissagallan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.65904, -8.24268
- SMR number
- RO039-006002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The present entrance (Wth 1m; H 0.5m) inside the perimeter of rath (RO039-006001-) at NW leads into a slightly curving ENE-WSW lintelled passage (L 6.5m; max. Wth 1.6m; max. H 1.3m), the original entrance to which was at the E end. A creep (Wth 0.88m; H 0.3m; L 1.1m) towards the W end of the S wall leads into an inaccessible NNW-SSE passage. The entrance to souterrain (RO039-006003-) is c. 14m S of the entrance to this souterrain.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 14 September 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.